Govt/Politics

10 commentsContinuing the fight against Governor Tim Kaine's unexplained move to let convicted killer Jens Soering return to his native Germany where critics fear his release would be imminent, the General...

11 commentsA giant swath of snow hangs off the roof of Sutherland Middle School February 13, two days before students returned after a nearly two-week, snow-induced hiatus.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
"Buses are...

61 commentsRoy's Place gets a Valentine– its first plowing of the season on February 13.
PHOTO COURTESY CHRISTINE CORNWELL
The cul-de-sac that Charlottesville city crews won't plow because of a dispute...

47 comments City Council is expected to approve next week the appointment of Maurice Jones as Acting City Manager, following the announcement that Gary O'Connell will step down after nearly 15 years in the...

101 commentsAn ambulance made it onto unplowed Roy's Place during a recent light snow, but residents are fearful.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
What if you lived in Charlottesville, paid your taxes, but still found...

1 commentsIn anticipation of heavy weather, Charlottesville wants parked cars off main thoroughfares by midnight. Water and Market streets between Ridge and 10th, East Jefferson, West Main and High streets all...

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Random Row Books screens the award-winning documentary, Aristide and the Endless Revolution, which examines the rise and fall of Haiti's first democratically elected president. The screening is the...

22 commentsThree weeks after Snowpocalypse, this sidewalk at the major intersection of Ridge and West Main was impassable in a wheelchair.
PHOTO BY KEVIN COX
For weeks after December’s massive volume of...

21 commentsThe staging of Governor Bob McDonnell's Republican response echoes the State of the Union address.
PHOTO BY LISA PROVENCE
In office as governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia for 11 days, Bob...

45 commentsO'Connell has served another, more powerful water body, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority.
PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
Gary O'Connell says that he will leave his job as Charlottesville City manager...

31 commentsWendell Wood's house on Carter's Mountain takes shape. Click on the image for a closer view.
AERIAL PHOTO BY SKIP DEGAN
“Why would you want to write about some house I'm building?" That was...

24 commentsThe Congressional Republican leadership invited Governor Bob McDonnell to speak for the party following the State of the Union address.
FILE PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO
Governor Bob McDonnell will provide...

41 commentsThe board met for over an hour at 7:30am and reconvened at 6pm on Wednesday to hammer out settlement terms. PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
Amid a succession of public relations nightmares, including the...

59 commentsFamily members fear that Kaine's move will soon set Soering free.
FILE PHOTOS BY LINDSAY BARNES, LANTERN BOOKS
Just one week after announcing a new state park without tallying the full cost to...

27 comments“In my opinion, there is compelling evidence to support a lawsuit against Mr. Van der Linde,” said City Councilor David Brown, who serves on the RSWA Board.
FILE PHOTO BY HAWES SPENCER
It appeared to...

61 commentsBiscuit run investors Hunter Craig and DMB violinist Boyd Tinsley joined Governor Tim Kaine on January 8 at the new Monticello Visitor's Center to celebrate the state's purchase of the 1,200-acre...